lisa’s place

I ordered some fabric scraps from someplace that I can’t remember.  Unfortunately, I can’t remember when I ordered them, either – sad statement about my stash organization.  I do remember that it was a really good deal and I got a bunch of small pieces of all kinds of different fabrics.  Not having a plan for them, I just tucked them away.

Anyway, I was cleaning up in my office/craft room the other day and found them and decided they’d be perfect for making some little sample quilt blocks.  Having seen some really pretty (and simple looking) whirlygig-type quilt blocks here and there, I thought I’d give it a try.  True to my standard form, I didn’t print out a pattern.  Fortunately for me, it was just a little simple geometry/arithmetic (what quilt block isn’t, right?).

This was really quick and really fun.  I machine quilted around each block and then added little squares and rectangles of quilting here and there.  Far from perfect by normal quilting standards, I still really like it.  It has that homemade look, I think.  It really isn’t quite as wonky as it looks in these pictures.  Something went awry when I took them – could be related to the speed at which I rushed through the task.

Because I had such fun with this first little guy, I had to make a second one.  This one I just sketched out and made up.  It turns out that it looks like a bunch of little windows.  I really like the sashing – I used a linen blend (as suggested by Elizabeth of Oh, Fransson!).  The difference in texture isn’t terribly visible in the photo, but it looks and feels really interesting in better light and in person.

I do think I went a little overboard with the color.  Oh well, these things happen, right?

I wish I’d had a dark solid or pattern for the bird, but no such luck.

I think I’ll be trying another one like this soon – maybe with slightly different proportions.

There would be more (and better) photos, but I am having trouble uploading pictures from Flickr again.

(I can’t believe how terribly Flickr has been acting lately – just awful.  Very frustrating.  I always thought the Pro account was worth it – definitely not feeling the love these days).

Elizabeth of Oh, Fransson! has a really nice discussion of color theory.  She gears the discussion to quilters, but her descriptions apply just as nicely to any application of color.

This would be a more interesting post, but it appears that Flickr is having some big problem(s).  No pics today.

Loving these quilts (surprise, surprise, there are a lot of birds in here):

1. Cathedral Window Doll Quilt for quilt swap 4, 2. Doll quilt and doll, 3. Doll quilt #5 swap!!!, 4. Polka Dot Estates, 5. DQS5front, 6. Birds on My Brain, 7. September mini for Raesha, 8. Scrappy Log Cabin Baby Quilt, 9. Wedges!, 10. scrap quilt, 11. Doll quilt II., 12. FlockTogetherAngle, 13. Block for Amy, 14. sparrow, 15. For the Birds, 16. Imagine my surprise and delight!, 17. doll quilt, 18. flea market fancy quilt-side 2, 19. teacher quilt, 20. stacked coins baby quilt, 21. Nine Pillowcase Quilt, 22. View 1 of Top, 23. Mixtape 1: Favorite Songs, 24. Paintbox Quilt on the Sofa, 25. baby quilt – detail

I think making these mosaics might be a little dangerous.

As it has been so ridiculously long since I’ve posted and who knows if and when I’ll be posting again, I’m choosing to make no excuses

The second quilt is a small baby quilt for a friend.  This one uses some of the cutest bird fabrics I’ve ever seen.  You can’t really go wrong with bluebirds, can you?

The top is just a slice of a log cabin, on a large scale.  There might be a better way to describe this, but I don’t know what that would be.

The back (I think this is my favorite part:

Really, how cute and cheerful is this fabric?

Maybe some knitting next time.  I’m trying out a new browser (Flock) and it seems like it makes posting to blogger really easy.  Guess I’ll find out when I try to post this.